SUNDAY IN COMMENTARY The term compassionate conservative offends some conservatives but,

The term “compassionate conservative” offends some conservatives but, as columnist
Joseph Perkins explains, it can describe an approach the GOP can use to appeal to non-Republicans who lean center-right.

Columnist
Mark Landsbaum recaps the latest U.N. climate conference.

The advantages of the free market over government should be obvious to informed people. That's the problem. Columnist
Steven Greenhut explains.

The role of women in the military inspired one writer on our page of
letters.

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